centralort

Swedish

Etymology

From central (“central”) +‎ ort (“inhabited place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɛntrɑːlˌʊrt/

Noun

centralort c

  1. A locality (tätort) which is the administrative center of a municipality (kommun)
    Synonyms: (Finland Swedish) centraltätort, (informal) kommunsäte, huvudort
  2. (Finland, informal) A locality (tätort) which is the administrative center of a province (landskap), officially called "province center" (maakuntakeskus in Finnish or landskapscentrum in Swedish); equivalent to residensstad in Sweden

Declension

Declension of centralort
nominative genitive
singular indefinite centralort centralorts
definite centralorten centralortens
plural indefinite centralorter centralorters
definite centralorterna centralorternas

References

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